‘Israel Is Fighting For Its Very Survival’

The

Times of India

published an editorial, “Hell Gaza” (Aug 22), that completely misses the mark on Israel’s ongoing security operations. Let’s set the record straight. What would any nation do if its towns were invaded, its civilians massacred, women raped, and children taken hostage? For Israel, this is not a hypothetical question.

It’s a reality. When a terrorist group openly calls for your destruction and then acts on it in the most brutal way imaginable, defending your people is not just a right – it’s an obligation.
The Israel-Hamas conflict is often reduced to headlines about borders, territory, or military action. But for Israel, this is not a dispute over land. It’s a struggle for survival in the face of an ideology committed to annihilation.

Israel is not fighting a people, a religion, or a political disagreement – it’s fighting a terrorist organisation that thrives on bloodshed and chaos.